Advice for guys with wide hips
Guy here. I noticed recently that my hips are like the same width as my shoulders, and idk, I just don't like how wide they look. I really just want to have narrower hips and look more built, but I don't know where to start with this. Can anyone answer why are my hips so wide? Is there a way to fix them?
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It's normal for some men to have wider hips solely based on their body shape and bone structure, so don't feel like there's anything wrong with how you look because it's only natural.
While there aren't really ways to make your hips narrower, working out your chest, shoulders, and back can make them look broader and draw attention away from your hips. Dumbbell presses, front raises, back extensions, and chin-ups are all great exercises to incorporate into your routine to help you get that classic V-shape for your body.
Working out and maintaining a healthy, balanced diet also helps burn fat on the sides of your hips that could be making them look wider.
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While there aren't really ways to make your hips narrower, working out your chest, shoulders, and back can make them look broader and draw attention away from your hips. Dumbbell presses, front raises, back extensions, and chin-ups are all great exercises to incorporate into your routine to help you get that classic V-shape for your body.
Working out and maintaining a healthy, balanced diet also helps burn fat on the sides of your hips that could be making them look wider.
To widen your shoulders so you can balance out wide hips, you actually want to be working mostly on the back. Having a wider upper back will give you that illusion of having broader shoulders. So working the lats should be your primary focus. You can do that by doing lat pull downs, pull ups, dumbbell rows, and barbell rows.
Then of course, you want to work your shoulders as well, especially the middle and rear shoulder muscles. The best ways to work your shoulders are doing dumbbell lateral raises, reverse flyes and face pulls.
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Then of course, you want to work your shoulders as well, especially the middle and rear shoulder muscles. The best ways to work your shoulders are doing dumbbell lateral raises, reverse flyes and face pulls.
Even though you can't lose weight from specific spots in your body, walking and hiking are great exercises to burn calories and lose the extra weight around your hips or love handles.
Also, make sure to change how you eat to reduce the calories you're intaking. You could walk and hike for miles, but you won't see the results or weight loss if you maintain the same diet.
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Also, make sure to change how you eat to reduce the calories you're intaking. You could walk and hike for miles, but you won't see the results or weight loss if you maintain the same diet.
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You can also hide wide hips by changing the clothes you wear if intense workouts aren't your thing. Here are some pointers for how to dress so your hips don't look as wide:
- Choose dark colored pants that have pockets that hug your sides. If your pockets flare out, they might make your hips look wider.
- Roll up your sleeves on button-up shirts and sweaters. This can make your arms and shoulders look a little wider and draw attention from your hips.
- Wear additional top layers, like a jacket or sweater to add bulk to your upper body and help your hips look narrower.
Hope these help out!
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- Choose dark colored pants that have pockets that hug your sides. If your pockets flare out, they might make your hips look wider.
- Roll up your sleeves on button-up shirts and sweaters. This can make your arms and shoulders look a little wider and draw attention from your hips.
- Wear additional top layers, like a jacket or sweater to add bulk to your upper body and help your hips look narrower.
Hope these help out!
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As a male who has more than hip width, I can say that they've only gotten bigger and i too do not know what to do. I think its due to basic genetics?? bad luck??? coincidence??????? i dont even know. good luck.
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